Air motor



April 26; 1927. v 1,626,314

E. N. TucKEY AIR MOTOR Filled oct. 31, 1923 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 April v26,i927.

E. N. TUCKEY AIR MOTOR Filed oct. 51, 192s s sheets-shan 5 n w n vs w I.

' [asa/Vfl. Tac/rm'. W5 fron/my. l l

Apnl- 26 1.927 E. N. 'IrUcKEY AIR MOTOR Patented pr. 26, 1927.

Y mason NEWTON ruoxn, or nim-NEaroms, ivrmansotra.l

AIR `IVIOTQR. A'

Application led October 31, 1923. i SerialA'l\To.,671,87.v

'lliisinvention relatesto an air moto'r or, mother words, a motoradaptedto be operated `by the wind.

7With the present high and rising prices of fuel, more attention isibeing paidbyengineers vand inventors to the problem` of utilizing thepower of the natural elements, which power-can eiliciently 'be-usedwithout lconstant expenditure of money yfor. "uel. y #It is ainfobject oftliis invention, therefore,

to provide a simple and e'iicien't device by which the power of thewindvcan-effectively 'be utilized.

It is ai further object .of the invention to provide such an air motorcomprising a supporthaving frames revoluble thereabout, Wliich tramescarry sails, one o'fwhich sails i-s rotatable about a member extendingbetween saidv sail.

frames and which also carries a t is still another object of theinvention to provide a vmotor having a support and lspaced framesrevoluble thereabout, which trames carry sails rotatable about aXeseX-tending longitudinally Iof `said support and also sai-ls Vrotatableabout axes extending ried thereby.

'Itis also 'another `object-of the invention 'to provide `a novelmechanism for holding said vrevo'luble sails against the wind' for vaportion of the revolution of thesaidframes,

together' with meansfitor rendering said `first y 4mentioned means-inoperative at certain y p `further development of the invention showntimes. 1 v

Y It is still another object of the, invention jto provide an air motorhaving spaced frames carrying' a plurality of sails thereibetween'withmeans for holding said `sails in `'rela-tion to form a cup-shaped orboxsliaped structure when held against the wind. y

il obgects and advantages rllliese and `othe ot the invention will `morefully appear from thev following description Avmade in connection withthe accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer tothe same parts tl'iroughou and in which-v t the diierent views,

shown lin Fig. lis a view inl sideelevation partly in vertical sectionIshowing` yan air motor with separate revolu'ble units thereon;4 1

Fig. isa partial view inside elevation valso partially in vert-icalsection tion oiivsaid air motor; i

Fig.' 3 4is atop plan view of the structure Fig. 2, -both vviews ybeingon an--en-J larged scale of aporl Fig. 4 is a view similar tothe `View,yin i Fig. 12 vshowing a portion" thereof. on'anenlla'ig'ied scale withthe `parts indifferent l"positions; 'f Y, Fig. 5 Ais a horizontalsection takenV sub,- vstantially on the rline d of F ig. l;

lli-g. '6 is a view in side elevation Aof a de-v tail on one` of thearms of the air motor units; i

Fig. `47 is la view similar detail; p y l i Fig. l`Sis' a horizontalsection taken on the 'lineS-S vof Fig. 9'; Fig.V 9 iis a verticalsection taken on* the line l9 9 off Fig. 8, as indicated'by" the arrows;y

Fig. 1Q `is a horizontal section taken -on the line 'lO-100i Fig. l,

side' elevation of ay Fig. llis a view ink side elevation similar )toFig. 2 showing a slightly m'odied y:Eorm of the device f i F ig. l2 is aplan-'view of the'parts-'sho-wn findd-ig.115;

Fig. 13 i'sa lpla'n View partially diagrammatic, showing anotherposition of the parts shown in llig. 1Q; l v' Fig. lll isa-partial planview -ofa modil'lied iorm vofone motor; and

Fig. 15 isa partial vertical section thereof.

This 4invent-ion is an improvement ogn and illustrated landl designated`generally as Av comprising hubs 3 (see Figs. 2 and 3), each of whichcomprises annular channel members 4, spaced longitudinally of thesupport v1 and to which are bolted, or otherwise suitably secured,aseries of equally spaced vertically extending members 5 To the' innerand centralpart of the members 5 is secured in any suitable manner, asyby bolts, a

i ring 6, which ring is provided with a centrallyinwardly extending rib6a, supported on a series of anti-friction rollers 7 supported in thecolumn 1. '\Another set of vertically ,disposed anti-friction rollers 8bear upon the inner side kof thering` 6 and The rib G? l isl formed asanv internal gear which meshes with aA pinion 9 (see F 1g. 8)- extendaresupported from the column 1.

ing through a. slot `in column 1 and supl yported on a short shaft 10carried in bearings secured to the inner side ofthe column 1.y Shaftl()carries another gear' 89 which -meshes withja gear 91 secured on a shortshaft 92 also carried in bearings secured to the column 1. Gear 91 hasawide face and .meshes with a gear 11 secured on adriving shaftl2'extending longitudinally and centrallyl of the column 1. Each of theframes @having the hubs 3 also comprises a rim 13 spaced outwardly ofthehub and disposed in a. plane substantially normal to the axis f of thecolumn 1. `Whiletherim 13 maybe 'of any desired shape, in the'embodiment of theinvention illustrated, the same is shown 'of tubularform andis supported by a plurality of tension members eXtendingtherefrom to the hub 3. Said tension mem' bers comprise pairs of spacedtop and bottom members' 14 and 15, respectively, one of the ends ofwhich yare attached to the channel members 4 and the other ends of whichare passed around tube 13 and pro.- vided v'with a suitable Yclampholding the same togetherr so that the tension or pull upon said membersis inV aline passing 'through` the center of the tube 13 andwalsotension members 16 extending from sub-` stantially the center of themembers 5 to and around the tube 13 and secured thereto in a mannersimilar to the members 14 and 15, it being understood that the tensionmembers 1415 and 1G extend from the members 13 to the member 5 closestto the point of attachment of saidmembers to the member 13. vUther,tensionr members 17 also extend from the member 13adjacent'the members14 and 15 tothe members 5 adjacent the In the embodiment of the inven.tion illustrated, said frames are shown'as' member 5 to which members 14andi15 are l connected. Other tension members 18 eX- tend between themembers 13k and the channel members 4 between the members 5, beingequally spaced in circumferential relation. rlhe tube13 is provided*with a clamp orelevis19 -to which and around which the tension members14,A 15, land'lfare secured and thel members 19 are spaced about themember 13 in-equally spaced Vrelation, there being'one of said membersfor each of the members 5, and. iu theyembodi ment of the-inventionillustrated, siX of-said members `.5 are shown. `The members '19 may bemade in the form of a clamp and clamped to thejtube'13or the same may bespot welded thereto or heldin vany other suit-able manner., u f, y

- Extending through 1 each of the vmembers 19 is revoluble headed member20 provided with an eye 'at its lower end, and said member 2O will. beprovided with the usual anti-` friction bearinganot shown. The framescomprisinghubs 3 and members 13 are, as

shown in Fig; ,1, `spaced along the-support l and -them'en'iber 20 inthe f lowerfmember 13 will be in reverse position to the onein the uppermember` `13. F roni-r the eyes ofthe. l.

men'ibers 20, tension members or. cables v21 extendend aresecured toeyes, adiacent kone end of sail boom members 22 and 23, 'respec-vtively.` Anotherl cable or tensionmember 24 extends between booms 22!and 273 inline with the cables 21. Other .tension members in the form ofwires 0r cables 25 extendfrom the eyesy in members 2O to' eyesvdisposed` adjacent each endy of the `booms 22fand 23,

ico

and a sail carrying member`26 eXtendsbe!v tween saidbooms adjacent theends of two Y of the members 25. A sail member 27 kis secured at itssides tothe members, 21, 24, 25 vrandv 26, and this sail is thusrotatable about the axes of members 20.- -From one end of the booms 22and 23, vtensionfmembers lin the form of wires or cables.A extendand'support booms 29. A sail member 30 is supported by ysaid, booms andbyv top and bottom members 31 and f side,v members 32 secured thereto,the members 31-.and other members 32 acting .as bracing and supportingmembers for said booms.v It will; be noted that the 'sailsj26 and 30 aresomewhat wider than half the length of the respectivev booms and it willalso be noted that the ends of thebooms 29 contact the member beyondtheside of sail 30.

Stops are provided for the endsV of the booms 22 land23 adjacent ,theouter side sa1l'26, which stops are shown as 33 and34 v (see Figs.l 1and 2). rl`he stop 33, at its upper end, `is hinged to a bracket 33awhich y24 at one .of their ends, which ends extend is, in turn, securedtofan annular member illustrated as in the form of a tube 35 e1:-

teuding completely varound the l1ub3 of the umn.

supporting frame, said tube having eyelets at. each side thereof to,which the ends ot the sections of the tension members 16 are secured.kThe lower stop 34 is hinged at its lower end to a similar bracketsecuredto a similar tube 36- also extending around the hub 3. The stop members33 and 34 can thus swing inwardly toward column 1 and outwardly towardmember 13. In order to hold these stops securely in position,substantiallyparallel to the axis of column 1 or, as illustratethinvertical position, an annular member 51'is provided which eX- tendscompletely around the hub 3 and is secured by suitable clamps to thetension members 15. It is desired at certain times to render the stops.33 and 34 inoperative and, for this purpose, the same have securedthereto at an intermediate point, the

ends of a flexible member or cable 37 running over suitable sheavessecured in brackets 38 which are kattached to the respective members 5,and the brackets 39 secured to the tension members and'16. The cables37' are so arranged that. upon lengthwise movement of the samey overtheir sheaves, the stop members 33 and 34 will simultaneously be swunginwardly or outwardly.

Each'cable `3 7 has attached to its lower `p0rtion, one end oi a bellcrank lever 40a pivoted to a. bracket 40 secured to the member y5,`theother end of which lever carries a conical roller 41 adapted to becontacted by a conical ring 42 extending about the column 1 andsupported by'tlexible members 43 passing through slots in the vcolumn 1over sheaves and downwardly in said col- It will thus be seen that uponout'- ward movement of the rollers 41 the cable 37 will be moved and thestops 33 and 34 will be swung.

Each of the' trames comprising hubs 3 and members 13 also carries.therein the sails 44 and 45. The sail 44 is attached at its upper edgeto one of the tension memf bers 14 so as to be rotatable thereabout.lSaid sail is triangular in shape and is supported uponla boom 46, oneend of which is hinged or pivoted on said member 14. Tension members 47eatend'from adjacent one end of the booms to the endsotm'embers 14 andform the sail carrying and attaching members. The lower end of boom 46is adapted to contact tension member 16 so as to hold the sailsubstantially ina plane parallel with the axis ofcolumn 1.

The sail is supported and swingable about a tension member 48 extendingfrom member 5 tol the member 13, about which member is also pivoted the'boom`49 which supports said sail and has secured thereto the ysailcarrying members 50, which members also extend tothe ends otmember 48.The boom 49 is adapted to contact one or the tension members 15when'sail 45 is in aplane substantially paralleL with the axis of column1, or, as illustratechin a vertical plane. 1

y It is desired at certain times to raisethe sails 4 4 and 4 5 so that`they will be :substantially in a plane normal to the axis `of column 1or, asillustrated, in substantially `a horizontal plane, so that thevsame will not be propelled byl the wind.` `F or thisl purpose, flexiblemembers 52 and 53 are se? cured, respectively, to ,eyelets` 54 and .55in the booms 46 and 49, and these 'iiexible members pass over sheavessuppoi'tedi in brackets 56 secured in spaced relation on an annularmember 57 extending about the hub 3 and securedby suitable clamps io theupper ones ot the tension members 14 and 18. The flexible members.. orcables. 52 andr 53 are connected to an eyelet ,58. A tension spring 59is connected'tO, the eyelet 58, and at its other end,\isyconnected to VaileXible member or cable 6.0- extending over a sheave carried in abracket secured L to the upper channel member 4, which member 60 thenextendsdownwardly aroundtne underside of a sheave 61 securedin abracketcarried on the inner sideof Vthelinember 5 and cable 60 is then securedto the upperV edge ot a ring 62. The ring 62k extends about the column 1andyis supported and a5 guided by antiffriction `rollers 63 and 64supported from the columns, 1v and' members 5, respectively.`Tliefvmember l62 is adapted to be raised by one ormone levers 65 pivotedon'brackets secured. togtheinner side ofthe column 1 'and ler;tendingthrough slots in said column, said leversr 65 having small rollers 66 attheir outer ends having semi-cylindrical surtac-eswhich bear` uponr theunderside of a ilangeextending inwardly rom the top of ring 62. Thelevers 65 have connected thereto a flexiblemember or cable 67 extendingdown through column 1 to a position within convenient reach of theoperator. From the described connection it will be seen that` whenmember 67 is, pulled downward the ring` 62 will be lil() raised andbooms 46 and 49, together with v the sails 44 and 45 elevated. Y l

In order tof hold the sails against dropping backward or flappingdownwardly in the wind means are provided adapted toeX-j tend under thebooms;46 and 49 when in their elevated position, Such means com?v priseyarms 68 and 69 securedto a vertical shaft 70 which isv carried inbearings 71 and 72. The vbearing 71 is secured to the annular member 57,being suitably clamped thereto and the bearing 72 is secured to theieXi-.V ble member 16. The shatt7() is rotatable and normally is` inaposition with the arms 68l and 69 out of line withthe booms 46 and 49.and is held in such position; by a .torsion spring 73 secured at one endto. alugvextending downwardly trembearing71, and at its Vsume a verticalposition, the same will con-k tact-the'lever 77 pivoted on the member 5other end, to a portion of arm 68. The shaft '70 1sv adapted to berotated by a cable or flexible member 74 attach-ed to an arm 75projecting from the hub yof arm 68. rEhe cable 74' is attached at itsother end to the eyelet 58 secured to cable 52v and said cable isprovided Lwith some slack so that it will not be drawn upon until afterthe cables 52 and 53 have been drawn substantially to the limit of theirmovement by ring arms 68 and 69 swing under the booms 46 and 49, asshown in Fig. 4. With the arms in such position, a spring actuated pawl7 6 drops into a notch in shaft 70 so that the shaft 'is temporarilyheld in such position. Thus by a slight slacking of cable 67 the boomswill drop back slightly and rest upon the arms 68 and 69. Nhen the ring62 is lowered to allow sails 44 and 45 again to asl vand the outer endof said lever 77 will move Shaft 12 andwhich extends downwardlyl throughcolumnl. The shaft 83 is adapted to bey driven by the motor B.

The motor B, as stated, like the motor A, revolves around the column 1.Said motor,

likewise, comprises spaced frames, eachhaving a hub 84 of anydesiredform but which,

in the embodiment ofthe invention illustrated, isshown as a cylinder.Said hub has lugs 84a, extending outward therefrom, of

` channel form and in which are seated'radial arms 85, six of these armsbeing illustrated. Said cylinder 84 also has an inner flange 84bsubstantially at its central portion, which is supported upon rollers 86'spaced about and supported by column 1 the cylinder also bears uponvrollers 87 disposed on vertical axes and also .supported by column 1.rlhe flange 84b is formed as an internal gear, which gear meshes withanother gear `orpinion 88 carried on a short shaft 89 supported inbearings secured to the inner side of column 1, said gear 88extendingthrough a slot in said column. The gear 88 meshes with a gear 90 similarto gear 88 secured on a shaft 83. Shaft 83 is thus driven in the samedirection as the shaft 12,

` even though the motor B rotates in an oppo- .a disk 95 secured to theshaft 83.

site direction to motor A. The gear 90 has a ratchet portion 93depending therefrom and adapted to engage a pawl 94 carried by n Theshaft 12 is journaled in suitable bearings 96 cured to the inner side ofcolumn 1 and said 62. When Vthe shaft is so turned, by the cable 7 4,the

The inner side of bearings 96. The shaft 83 isalio journaled in suitablebearings 98 in the column 1 and is, likewise, supported by a collar 99sey cured thereto and resting upon `one of said bearings 98. Extendingfrom the top and bottom of the cylindrical hub 84 in line with eachmember 85, are tensionmembers or braces 100 which are secured at theirouter ends, (see Fig. 6) to the lugs formed on a bracket or shell101`fit `over the outer ends of member 85. Tension members 102 alsoextend from lugs at the sides of the members 101 and are secured attheir inner ends to eyelets or lugs project-ing from the sides of thechannel-shaped lugs 8421 on the members 85 adjacent the member 85' whichcarries the shell 101. Journaled inthe endsof the members 85 are shafts103 provided'at one end with eyelets and also provided with suitableanti-friction bearings104. Theeyelets on members 103 on the upperymember 85 are disposed downwardly while the eye- -lets on the lowermembers 85 are disposed upwardly. booms 106 and 107 are supportedbetween Sail members '105 carried onk and by the eyelets on members 103in the `same manner as sails 26 are .supported from the eyelets on theends of members 20 already described and the booms 106 and 107 supportthe sail member 108 similar to and' supported and constructed in thesame manner as the sail-30, already described. The sail 108 has booms109 similar to the booms 29, which booms 109 are adapted to Contact atone end against the member 110 forming one side of the sail 105 andlwhich corresponds to the member 24v of sail 27. n

The booms 106 and 107 areadapted to contact a stop in the form of altension member 111 extending kbetween eyelets on members 112 extendingthrough slots formed in the membersv secured to the members 112. On theouter side of the members 85 are a pair of rollers'113 (see Figs. 1 and5). The said rollers are journaled on a short shaft or bolt extendingthrough an vaperture' formed in the member 112. At each side of theyslot in the member 85 through which member 112 extends are mountedsheaves 114 carried in small brackets secured to members 85 and anothersheave 115-is carried on asmaller bracket at the inner 'side of eachmemberv85.

An endless cable 116v passes over sheaves 114 and 115 and extendsbetween the upper and lower members 85.v This cable 116 is fse-v curedtoan ey'elet formed on" the `outer ends the lower one'of the members112`is a link 117 which is attached at its other end to the upper'end of'a bell crank lever 113 similar to the lever39 `already described, whichlever 118 carries a conical roller 119 at its lower end, the saidleve'r'being pivoted to a bracket extending` outwardly 'from hub 84. The`rollers 119 are adapted'to be'engaged and moved' by ltruste-conicalring 120 Vsurrounding 'the column 1 and supported by flexible members121 Which run over sheaves supported l at thel innerfside 4ot the columnand Yextend through slots in said column and downwardly therethrough;The outer ends of booms v106 and 107 have Isecured thereto rbrackets orshells "122 which carry the vertical and revoluble members 123 to whichthe cablescarrying sail 108 are afttached, as 'shown in Fig. 7

The'column l is suitably braced by the spider 124 at theto'p to which'are attached the' guy cables 125, and said column may be further braced'and supported by the guy i cables`126 extending to a suitable spider orbracing structure 127 securedto the column. The column Willbe supportedlat its bottom in some stron-g,"l and suitable base memberdiagram'mati'callyv illustrated as 128.

In Figs. 11 to 13, a modified form of the motor Jthis shown., Thisstructure has the frame, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and v3, comprisingthe vrim member 13. Thesail 129 is supported on revoluble members'130between the rim members 13 in the same manner as the sail 26, and thestop meinbers 131 Will be, in all respects, similar to the stop members33A already described. A sail 132 is supported from one end of booms 133ot' sail 129 in the same manner a'sthe 135 a sail'138 is supported,saidv sail having., booms 139 braced and carried on suitable cables ortension members 140, i'n turn, secured to the eyel'et on a revolublel"member 141 journaled i'n the outer end of cross meinber 135, Whieh`revoluble member is similar to the revoluble member 103. The crossmember 135 is also supported by 'tension members 142 extending from thetop of the booms 134 adjacent its outer'end to the ends ot said crossmember. It vwill be seeii'fro'm this description that sail 138 isrevolubly supported by members 141 journ'al'edin the cross arms 135 andthat the booms 139 'of the sail 130 Contact, at one 'of their ends, theouter members 143 of the lsail 132, ,Owing to the 'ang-le which thecross arm 135 "Works with the bocni'134, the sail l133 willl stand` atan angle with tbe fs'ail 132-, 'which angle is illustrated as somewhatgreater than a right angle. The inner end of the boom` 133 1s alsoprovided With a revoluble member 144 similar tothe member 103 havinpan lj eyelet at `its lower end from whichy is supported a boom 145 carryingav sail 146, said boom being 'suitably braced by tension members 147.sion `members 16 and 15 and'project downwardly in position to Vbeycontacted with the end of booms 145. When the booms contact carriedthereby, stand at an angle to the sail 129, as shown in Fig. 12, Whichangle is quite a Wide angle, as illustrated. In order to confine theymoving air and cause the same eficiently to action the sails, athinplate` A rigid stop 148 is secured to ten!v y the members 148, the same,and the sail 146 150 extends across the frames from approximately midwaybetween members 4 "to rim 13..

In the modification'shoivn in Figs. 14 and` 15, a mo'for is showncomprising the spaced i members 4 connecting members 5, and the rim 13shown in the form of a tube, said Y between tubes 13 and is mounted onrevoluble members 156 mounted in said tubes,

which members are similar yto members 2O shown in Fig. 1 and abovedescribed. Booms 157 are attached to the members 155 and are braced bytension members 158 extended from members 156 to approximately the endso1 said booms and said booms are further connected adjacent their endsby the meinbers159. A sail 160 extending across Vthe greater part ot thelength of the boom is supported thereon and between members 158. Vand159. Other revoluble men'ibersl 156 are mounted in the members 151inward ot the tubes13, and. a tension member1'61 y extendstherebetween,said latter members supporting booms 162 which are bracedy and mounted1n the same manner as the booms 157 and Carry a-sail v163 preferably ot'the same length as sail 160. r1`he inner ends of brooms 162 contact atcertain times the stops 164 Which are supported from tension members 152in the same manner as the stops '33 shown in Fig. k1 and alreadydescribed. The

said stops 164 may, of course, be providedy with the controllingvy meansshown-and Clescribed tor the stops 33, if desired. The

vends ot booms 157 contact the booms 162 radially beyond member 161 Whenthe latter mear-met naar ste-ps, as Shown at fue pee-i:

tions E in'lfig. 14, and this is the position ot the booms and sailswhen the same are Y held against the wind.

by the arrows C.

lbooms 106 at the top ot' Fig.. 5.

l. swing against their respective stops.

volves, the sails and booms will swing into the positions F or G in Fig.14,. With the structure shown in these figures, therefore, a

plurality'of co-ordinate sails are supported in the motor revolubleabout axes parallel to the axis ot support 1, each ot which, when stops164 are thrown out, may rotate 360.

In theoperation, assuming` that the stops 33 and 34 ot motor A and thestops 112 oi motor B are in operative position, the sails 26 and motor Awill ybe held against the wind for a portion ot the revolution ot thetrameshaving hubs 3. In 1, the wind lis supposed to be blowing againstthe plane ot the drawing and normal thereto and in Eig. the direction ofthe wind is illustrated As the trames rotate, the sails 26on motor A andthe sails 105 on motor-B. will Contact their stops for a portion ot therevolution, but as the iframe con- 4tinues lto rotate, .the said sailswill swing laway from the stops into alinement with the wind, asillustrated by the location oit the As the ilrame continues to rotatethe sails will again be broughtagainst the wind and will again 1t isthus seen thatin a portion of thefrevolution of the 'frames the sailsare held in position against the wind so as to propel the trames, but'asthe reach the oppositie side of the traine they swing into the wind anddo not act to propel or retard the rotation ot-said frames. The drivingstress for the lrames is thus always on one side of the traine. Thesails 30 will also be held against the wind tor a portion of therevolution of the` trame, the booms 29 contacting the members 24 .on thesails 26, but the sails 30 will,

likewise, swing into the wind or parallel to the direction thereof atthe opposite partV ot the revolution ot the trame so that said sails 30will be held againstthe wind at the sainev time as are the sails 26. liit be desired to render the stops or 112 inoperative,y

one ot the 'flexible members or cables 43 or one ot' the flexiblemembers ror cables 121 lwill be pulled upon so to tiltthe rings 42 or120 and swing the saine to-one side.

As the rollers 41 or 11.9 thus come against the projected side ot thesaid rings, they will be swung outwardly. rThis outward vmovement ot therollers will, through the oscillation ot the bell cranlrs 40 or 113',move the endless cables` 37 or 116, respectively. By this movement,stops 33 and 34 will be swung inwardly out 'oithe path of the booms 22and 23 Iand stops 112 will be moved inwardly out ot the path of they)ooms 106 and 107. The sails 26. or 105, respectively, will then beallowed to swing freely in the .wind and will not beheld AS thev Aframereagainst the wind so that the motors will not be driven. volve atsufficiently high speed to Athrow the heavy conical rollers 41 and y119outwardly, the cables 37 and 116 would alsoy beQ moved andthe respectivestops ott sails 26 and 105 'moved inwardly so that the 1notors fihuskwould automatically `be thrown out, ot operation.

Thesail 44 and 45 will, likewise, be held against the wind by the boomsengaging the stops during a portion ofthe revolution yot the motors, butsaid sails will also .swing in-` y to horizontal planes in the win-d inanother portion of the revolution of the traine, so;

that the driving strains kof these sails ywill only be exerted at oneside ot themotors. It it be desired to hold the sails 44 and45permanentlv in inoperativev position, the cables 67 will ube pulleddownwardly to swing lei vers 65 and elevate the ring 62. This will pullupon the flexible members 52 and 53 ands-wing the sails 44 and 45to thehorizontalk or" The sails 44 and y,45

inoperative position. held by the wind willresist upwardmovement andtheir openings 59` will be extended.

As soon as these sails swing into the wind is desired to restore sails44 and45 `to their operative positions, cables'67 will be slack-v enedto allow ring 62 again to descend and loo los

towardthe latter part of this movement the f ring will contact lever 77and, through links 78, will disengagethe latch 76 vso that spring 7 3will restore shaft 70 to its normalqposition and swing arms 68 and 69out ot thepath of booms 46 and 49. The said booms will thus lll) dropwith the sails 44 and 45 to their ver.- i

tical position and will be held against the wind in one portion ot therevolution ot the trame4 lt will be noted that motor A can bedriven'while motor B is idle and motor 'A' will, through the pawl8l,.d1"ive the vshaft 83. If a load carriedv loy the motor isi heavyenough to retardthe speed of motor A or it'great .speed is desired,motor B can be thrown into operation and when its speed exceeds that ofthe motor ,I pawl 94 will engage ratchet disk 9.5. Thedisk willbe driventhrough ratchet 93 and shaft-83 will then be driven also by the rmotorB;

ll ii With the machine shownin Figs. 11 and l 13, when the sails arerheld against theirstops and against the' wind, the position of lthesails will be as shown in Fig. 12 and a cupor Wardly into the Wind andthe sail 138 will assume a position `.parallel lto the wind. In Figs. 1,2 and 3, the direction of the Wind is indicated by arrovvs D andv.E,theposition of the sails, when swung with the ivind'being illustrated-inFig 13. In Fig. 4, the ring 62 is shown in its upper position, thesails 44 and 45 being substantially horizontal or in their. inoperativeposition.

From the above description it is seenthat applicant has )provided acomparatively simple and e'iicient form of Wind motor. The

drivin@ strains Ybein@r aaolied onlv. at one zo .b l v side of therevolving motors, the power of the Wind is eiliciently used and there islittle y resistance 'to the rotation of the motors.

liv

The structure isdesigned to be as light as is compatible with thenecessary strength and,

in actual practice, the motor units will be of considerable size.` Asmany motors as desired can'b'e arranc'red on one support. The motors`can/be used and independently controlled so that one or more motors mayreadily be thrown into or 'out of operation. The

power from vthe device is taken oit through one shaft and can be used todrive any desired machinery, such as 'electric generators. The sailsused can be madeof any suitable material and, if desired, provided withthe usual or any suitable furling means, Which specifically forms nopart of the present invention.

It Will, of course, be understood, that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportion of the `parts Without`departing from the scope of lapplicants invention, which,l stated,consists in ar struc-ture capable of carrying out the objects abovestated. such as vshovvn and described and set forth in the appendedclaims.v

that is claimed is: e

1*. A Wind motor having in combination, a revoluble frame, a propellingsail carried thereby, a second'sail carried by said sail anderevolnbleabout an axis parallel With the axis of said sail, and means for holdinglsaid sails 'against the wind during a portion of the revolution of saidframe.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1, and means for vren'derii'ig thelast mentioned means inoperative to permit said sails to swing freely inthe vvin'd. f

generally 3. The structure set rf'oi'th in cla-iinzl, and a sail carriedvby said `second mentioned sail and revoluble about an :axis paralleltothe axes ot lsaid sails, said last mentioned sail:

being held 'against the jvvind during one por*- tion oi the revolutionof saidL trame. f

4. A Wind motor having `in "combination,

a revoluble traine, fa rsail carried fthereby for propelling the saine,said sail being 'revoluble aboutan airis parallel to the aXi's of saidfra-ine, and a plurality yof' sails carried tothe axis lof said sail.

5. kThe structure set forth vinclaiiii '4,"1andv means .'or holding allot saidl sails against the Wind of saidrame.

for 'one kportion of the revolution vby said sail and hrevoluble aboutaxes parallel *y l '6. A ivin'd motor `having in combination', arevoluble Iframe, a sail'oarriedthereby for propelling the same,revoluble about lan La'Xi's rparallel to the axis of said VVAframe, andanother sail carried 'by said r'a'meifor rpropelling the same,oscillatable l'about' an'aXis substantially Vat right angles to vtheaxis vof Vsaidiflfraine. A y

7. The structure set forth `in claim', and means for holding botho'isaid sails againstv tbc Wind for a portion of the revolution'of .saidtraine.

8. A .vind motor having t v a `revolul'ile frame, a sail carriedVthereby igor piopellin the same, rev'oluble about van 'axis forrendering said last nientioned'me'ans inoperative. a sail for propellingsaid ltraine movable about an airis substantially normal in icombination,

to the airis of said 'i'aine,'mea'ns for holding i said latter 'sailagainst the Wind'ioi' 'a portion of rthe revolution of fsa-id frame, andmeans for rendering means inoperative. I

9.1i 'Wind motor having in combination,

a support, spaced frames 'supported` by and revoluble about said'support'. cach coiiipris-v ing a circular rim, a plurality oi spacedrevoluble members extending between said rims surrounding said support,and sails mounted on each oi saidvfinembers forl propelling said frames,said sails being revoluvble about the-axes of said members.

and revoluble -about axes substantially norfvl mal to the axis ofsaid'fraine. i

12. A Wind motor 'having in combination,

said Vlast mentioned a support, a frame vsupported by andvrevolubleabout the same, comprising a hub formed of annular membersspaced longitudinally of` said support and also spaced therefrom, andconnected by spaced members extending longitudinally of said support, arim spaced from said hub, tension members extending radially ot saidrim'to said vertical members, and tension members extending from saidrim to said annular members, and sails ble about the same comprising ahub, a niember spaced therefrom, tension members extending from saidmember to said hub,

` spacedpairs of sails carried by said frame,

each pair comprising sails spaced longitudinally of said support, andeach revoluble about one of saidl tension members and booms carried bysaid sails, respectively, and each supported by an annular memberextending about said hub.L

15. A wind rmotor having in combination, a support, a sail carryingframe revoluble about thesame comprising a hub, a rim, and tensionmembers connecting said hub and rim, anti-friction bearings on saidsupport, an annular member secured to said hub supported on saidbearings and formed K as a driving gear.

16. A wind motor having in combination, a hollow support, a sailcarrying frame revoluble'about they same comprising a hub, a rim spacedfrom said hub, and members extending from said rimto said hub, sailsswingable about said members, means for holdingsaid sails against thewind in planes substantially parallel to the axis of said siijipo1"taiidmeans for raising ,said sails into planes substantially normal to theaxis ofsaiil support for rendering said sails inoperative.

17. 'The structure set forth in claim 16, and means operated by saidlast mentioned means for holdingy said sails in said planessubstantially normal to the axis of said support.` A y 18.y A wind motorhaving in combination, a hollow support a sail carrying frame revolubleabout the same comprising a hub, a'i'ini spaced from said hub, andmembers extending from said rim toy said hub, sails swingable about saidmembers, means for holding said sails against the wind in planessubstantially parallel tothe axis of said supigeaasia port, means forraising said sails into planes substantially normal to the axis of saidsupport for rendering said vsails inoperative,

booms carried by said sails and means operatedV by said last mentionedmeans comprising members extending longitudinally of said support andcarrying membersadapted to extend'under said booms.

.19. An air motor having in combination, a support, a sail-carryingframe revolublev thereaboutcomprising a hub formed of annular membersembracing and spaced l0ngi.

tension members extending from said rimadjacent said sail carryingmembers to substantially the center of said vertical mem- CII bers,tension members extending from said rim adjacent said sail-carryingmembers to the top and-bottom of the verticalinembers radially oppositethe same,v and tensionl members extending from said rim adjacent saidsail-carrying members to the top and bott-om of said vertical members at'each side or the last mentioned vertical members. :20. A vwind motorhaving in' combination,

a support, a frame revoluble thereon comprisn ing members spaced alongthe longitudinal axis ofsaid support, means connecting said'A members,and revoluble about an axis `'parallel to said axis, a sail carried bysaid means and revoluble therewith, meansp'for hold-,j

ing said sail against the wind during a portion of the revolution ofsaid frame, a sail radially spacedromsaid sail and supported by saidmeans revoluble aboutanaxis parallel to said irst mentioned axis andhaving means engaging said first mentioned means to hold it againstthewind duringa portion of a revolution of said frame.

21. An yair motor having iii combination, a revoluble frame comprisingav circular rim. radial members extending to said rim, and a pluralityot series of sails revoluble about axes parallel tothe axisof revolutionof said frame, means for holding certain of said sails ot' each seriesagainst the 'wind for a portion of the revolution oisaidl ii'aine, otherot said sails having means contacting neans on said last mentioned sailsIso as to be held against the wind during a port-ion ot' the revolutionof saiditrame.y l c Q9. A wind motor having in combination a tower, a'sail carrying frame `rotatable trame comprising a hub member formed of jannular Lmembers surrounding said tower, and connected by spaced membersextendiio ien

ing longitudinally of said tower, and a central ring secured tothe innersides of lll vLezama said last mentioned members,` a plurality ofcircumferentially spaced anti-friction means carried by said towersupporting said ring, a rim spaced outwardly of said ring, tension meansconnecting said rim and hub, and a plurality of radially arrangedflexible pro pelling means carried by said frame.

23. A wind motor comprising a frame formed of spaced circumferentiallyextending members adapt-ed to rotate about a central support, sailcarrying' means comprising spaced booms, a tension memberextendingbetween Vsaid first mentioned Vmembers and connectedintermediately of said booms supporting the same and forming an axis ofrotation therefor, tension members extending from the ends of saidtension member to adjacent the ends of and between said booms, and asail mounted between said first mentioned tensionr member and one ofsaid lastl mentioned tension members.

424. The structure set forth in claim 23, and a pair of verticallyspaced auxiliary booms carried by the other of said last mentionedtension members, and an auxiliary sail carried by said last mentionedbooms.v

25. -A wind `motor having in combination, a central support, agframerevoluble about the same, a plurality of series of sails carried in saidframe, each of said series comprising radially spaced sails revolubleabout axes parallel to the axis of saidsupport,

'and a plurality of series of sails each comf er prising a plurality ofsails revoluble about l axes extending'at an angle to said support.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

EDsoN NEWTON TUCKEY.-

